Records Show Ron Paul Trips Paid Twice

Roll Call ^ | Feb. 6, 2012 | Jonathan Strong

[Redalways]

Rep. Ron Paul appears to have been paid twice for flights between Washington, D.C., and his Congressional district, receiving reimbursement from taxpayers and also from a network of political and nonprofit organizations he controlled, according to public records and documents obtained by Roll Call.

Roll Call identified eight flights for which the Texas Republican, a GOP presidential candidate and leading champion of smaller government, was reimbursed twice for the same trip. Roll Call also found dozens more instances of duplicate payments for travel from 1999 to 2009, totaling thousands of dollars' worth of excess payments, but the evidence in those cases is not as complete.

[Redalways]

Ron Paul has a lot of explaining to do. Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point. Paul's resurgence will likely be stopped with this scandal.

[hoosiermama]

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[marstegreg]

For example, on March 24, 2003, Paul purchased a round-trip flight from Washington, D.C., to Houston for $651.50. Several weeks later, filings with the FEC show, the Committee to Re-Elect Ron Paul paid $651.50 for the Continental Airlines ticket. Congressional expenditure records show Paul also was reimbursed $651.50 by taxpayers for the same flight.

$651.00? Even if the taxpayers paid it 10 times, it doesn’t even cover Pelosi’s in-flight booze tab. Are they serious?

[presently no screen name]

Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point

What attracts you to Romney? His pro homo stance/marriage between two homos? His pro abortion stance? His lying/deceiving? His socialist's big gov't healthcare? His electing liberal judges?

[bgill]

And so it continutes. The Rombama machine is trying to cut down another Republican candidate.

[SJackson]

File under returning money to the taxpayers, in this case himself. Based on his newsletter explanations, he knows nothing about this, he just cashes the checks.

[mnehring]

Shades of the 1988 embezzlement scandal. I wonder what Nadia Hayes would say?

[lonevoice]

Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point.

What do you dislike about Gingrich or Santorum when compared to Romney?

[Absolutely Nobama]

“Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point.”

Mmmmmhmmm. I see.

IBTZ !!

[Fresh Wind]

Romneybot troll has a lot of explaining to do.

[Absolutely Nobama]

“I wonder what Nadia Hayes would say?”

She would wonder aloud where her cut is. Best guess.

[ColdOne]

Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point Ruh roh!

[Absolutely Nobama]

Give it some time. I hear the Viking Kitties rumbling toward us......

[Absolutely Nobama]

Red always, indeed......

[Old Sarge]

Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point.

[TheOldLady]

Do you have any answers to the comments on your thread? Not commenting,
boosting Romney, not good signs for your longevity on Free Republic.

Just sayin'.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point.

Bullhockey. No Mitt. Not now, not ever.

[ColdOne]

[onyx]

Very sketchy posting history.

[Arrowhead1952]

Romney is the only good alternative out there at this point.